Best of

the Twin Cities

Best Stage Style

Finding Novyon

Hip-hop is full of artists whose fashion choices — whether it’s Yeezy Boosts, Balmain jeans, or Ferragamo belts — have more to do with flashiness than originality. But rising Minneapolis MC Finding Novyon, City Pages’ No. 6 Picked to Click finisher in 2016, is exceptional in that regard. His close affiliation with Atlanta super-producer Sonny Digital could make Novyon wanna fit in with lavish rhymers like Future and 21 Savage. Instead, he gets the job done by being both creative and simplistic, wearing colorful dad hats, jean jackets, and graphic tees, with a penchant for unpretentious brands like Levi’s and Puma. Novy’s secret? He simply rocks the fuck out of whatever he’s wearing, a confidence that Novyon brought out to California, up to Seattle and Canada, and back to the Upper Midwest while on tour with fellow Twin Cities representers Prof and Metasota earlier this year.